Idrica launches new solutions and expands its GoAigua platform to cater for other areas of the water cycle
Idrica has developed new software solutions for the water cycle in the areas of drinking water, sanitation, urban irrigation, agriculture, water resources and reuse. Idrica has developed new software solutions for the optimization of the entire water cycle, increasing its outreach to new areas. These solutions are part of its GoAigua platform and broaden its portfolio to sustainably address the main global challenges in the management of this precious resource. "These technological de...
Murphy Administration announces $47.3 million in FY2022 Local Bridges Fund grants
Each county to receive $1 million plus additional funds based on deck area (Trenton) – The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) today announced 32 Local Bridges Fund grants totaling $47.3 million to help counties maintain local bridges in a state of good repair. “The state of good repair of New Jersey’s transportation infrastructure is a priority of the Murphy Administration. The Local Bridges Fund grant program offers our local governments the ability to use grant funds to invest i...
Port of Amsterdam selected responsible wood construction
The Nautical Coordination Centre in Amsterdam is a wooden building that reflects the sustainable and circular ambitions of the Port of Amsterdam. The entire construction – walls, floors and roofs – is built with Metsä Wood’s engineered Kerto® LVL wood product. The circular economy is a focus of the Port of Amsterdam’s strategy. The goal is to become the most important economic and circular hub in Europe. The Port of Amsterdam’s ecosystem brings together all kinds of companies, from waste, raw...
Alastair MacGregor to Lead WSP USA Property and Buildings Business
A respected global engineering leader and digital innovator; succeeds longtime WSP leader Rick Rome, who will focus on client development, integration of acquired firms. NEW YORK— Alastair (Aly) MacGregor has been named the executive business line leader for Property and Buildings at WSP USA, one of the nation’s largest engineering and professional services consultancies. MacGregor, who joins the firm from an international infrastructure consulting firm, assumed the role on June 1. “A...
New Partnership of Satellite And Drone Mapping Providers gives Civil Engineers 'Start To Finish' coverage
Shoulder to shoulder; Plexscape CEO Lambros Kaliakatsos left, and Inflights CEO Hugo De Blauwe on the right, at Plexscape headquarters, Athens, 5th May 2022 Athens, Greece, and Brussels, Belgium 2nd June 2022 – Plexscape, which brings satellite imagery and terrain data into AutoCAD, is partnering with drone surveying company Inflights, giving civil engineers both the bigger-picture for preliminary design and now also ultra-detailed drone surveying data for precision construction. Plex...
Ivanhoé Cambridge and Hines Announce Repositioning of 10 & 120 South Riverside Plaza
Levenfeld Pearlstein & Vitality sign on as first tenants of newly repositioned space (CHICAGO, IL) –Ivanhoé Cambridge and Hines, global real estate firms, today announced the repositioning of 10 & 120 South Riverside Plaza, a two-building, 1.4 million-square-foot office complex situated in the prestigious West Loop submarket on the west bank of the Chicago River, which is expected to be completed in 2024. Ivanhoé Cambridge, property owner, along with Hines, asset and property manager,...
CFSEI Announces Winners of 2022 Design Excellence and Creative Detail Awards
WASHINGTON, D.C. —The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) has announced the winners of its 2022 CFSEI Design Excellence and Creative Detail awards. This year’s awards were presented during the 2022 CFSEI Expo held May 16-18 at the Curtis Denver—a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Denver, Colorado. The award winners and descriptions of projects are included at https://www.cfsei.org/. CFSEI Design Excellence Awards recognize projects that exemplify excellence in the structural design of n...
Prophesee Releases its Entire Event-Based Vision Software Suite for Free, Including Commercial License, Further Enabling Community of Thousands of Engineers and Researchers Worldwide
New release of 5X award-winning suite includes a complete set of Machine Learning tools, new key Open-Source modules, ready-to-use applications, code samples and allows for completely free evaluation, development and release of products with the included commercial license. PARIS – Prophesee SA, inventor of the most advanced neuromorphic vision systems, today announced that the newest release of its award-winning Metavision® Intelligence suite will be offered - in its entirety and for all mo...
Sherwin-Williams Announces 2021 Water and Wastewater Impact Award Winners
A devil of a project relining a 1.3-mile-long penstock for the Devil Canyon Powerplant earns first place honors for the California Department of Water Resources and contractor Unified Field Services Corp. CLEVELAND – The project team braving tight quarters, steep vertical drops and an aggressive coatings schedule to reline an 8- to 9.5-foot-diameter, 1.3-mile-long penstock for the Devil Canyon Powerplant in San Bernardino, California, has earned top honors in the 2021 Sherwin-Williams I...
Epiroc completes acquisition of Australian mining electrification infrastructure provider
Stockholm, Sweden: Epiroc, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has completed the acquisition of JTMEC. The Australian company specializes in providing mines with electrical infrastructure, supporting the industry’s transition to battery electrification. JTMEC, based in Perth, Australia, is an electrification infrastructure solutions provider for both underground and surface mines. The company’s offerings include high voltage instal...